SEE ALSO :Rice farmers reap from new technologyThe game changer came when the market was liberalised and NIB no longer had a monopoly. Though he has broken even, one of the biggest challenges he still faces is competition from cheap imports. Afterwards, the pure Mwea pishori rice is used to blend the Pakistan one and offered to unsuspecting consumers at a much cheaper cost. Cheap imports At Ngurubani town alone, there 10 major rice mills and about 200 small ones owned by individuals. On the issue of cheap imports, the government insists the imports are necessary since Kenya has a huge deficit of the grain.

Source: Standard Digital March 30, 2019 08:37 UTC